According Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, “God, the clergy and the Ghanaian people” have been “deceived” by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The North Tongu MP lamented because of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ghana has “the world’s most expensive pit”.

He was speaking about the “339-million-cedi National Cathedral” at the launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2024 Manifesto in Winneba, Central region, Saturday, August 24.

He bemoaned how “in the process” of actualising the president’s personal religious dream, “so many edifices were demolished” including, but not limited to, “the judiciary training institute, judges’ bungalows, scholarship secretariat, passport head office, the Malian ambassador’s residence”.

“Did you ever hear Mahama say he woke up with a nightmare and so has decided to make a personal pledge, and so he’s going to sink 58.1 million dollars the world’s most expensive pit?” Ablakwa quizzed.

He praised Mahama as a nation builder who during his presidency built “the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Ridge Hospital, Shai-Osudoku Hospital, Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport, Kumasi Airport, Tamale Airport, Ho Airport,” etc, comparing him to the current president who “is demolishing, destroying in a deceptive pledge where he says he will not use our taxes”.

“How can you say these two people are the same; that these two parties are the same?” Ablakwa asked in admonishment.

The notion that the NDC and NPP are the same is “baseless and unfounded,” he asserted. “The NDC is different.”

The NDC's 2024 Manifesto, alias The People's Manifesto, seeks to convince the electorate to return flagbearer and former President John Dramani Mahama to power.

Ghana goes to the polls on December 7.